In 1997, the U.S. Treasury issued inflation-indexed bonds known as Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (TIPS). This was done:
A) because the Treasury expected a protracted period of high inflation.
B) to save the Treasury money.
C) so that investors could separate exchange rate risk exposure from interest-rate risk exposure.
D) Both A and B
E) none of the above

E) none of the above

When the risk that interest rate changes will affect the total dollar return from a security portfolio is reduced to zero, this is referred to as: